Definition of Sententious

Sen`ten´tious
a.1.Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth.
How he apes his sire,
Ambitiously sententious!
- Addison.
2.Comprising or representing sentences; sentential.


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